The "Busy People and Idle Things: Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy Online Auction" presents for the first time the four-screen paintings and couplets from the Nanyang private collection and the collection of the Liu Hankun family, the former of which was acquired by collectors in the 60s and 70s of the last century, mainly in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and has been treasured for more than half a century;
Nanyang Private Collection
9013 Zhang Daqian Panasonic Coats
Ink and color on paper, Vertical scroll, 1946
99.5 x 36.8 cm
Estimate: HK$120,000-240,000
Style: Old Song Lei Lei Duoqi Festival, no frost and snow in winter and no heat in summer. There are more Chitose Ling at the root, who to say the secret of longevity. In November, it is written like Han Jieren's brother Fa Jia Zhengzhi. Daqian Zhang is under the Great Wind Hall.
Nos. 9013-9016 are the same as the "Han Jie" section above, which is to be examined, and the works were written in 1941-46, with a wide range of themes involving landscapes, flowers, animals, and figures, but the size is the same, or at the request of the person in the above paragraph, and the combined composition is four screens.
9014 Feng Chaoran Dongtian Jingye
Ink and color on paper, vertical scroll, 1941
99.6 x 37.5 cm
Estimate: HK$15,000-30,000
Style: Dongtian Jingye. Xie Yuxian has this picture, and the play is a back-to-back imitation, and Mr. Feng Hanjie is correct. Xin Sidong, Feng Chaoran.
9015 Wu Zheng Yellow Leaves in Nine Autumns
Ink and color on paper, vertical scroll, 1943
99.5 x 37.3 cm
Estimate: HK$8,000-16,000
Style: A yellow leaf nine autumn color, three paths clear yin and two clogs fragrant. It's all a sassy leisure, you might as well get drunk with morning frost. Mr. Hanjie is positive. In February, Wu Zheng, a monk in the spring.
9016 Zhao Shuru, Wang Kun, Liu Yin Horse
Ink and color on paper, vertical scroll, 1941
99.5 x 37.5 cm
Estimate: HK$10,000-20,000
Style:
〈Zhao〉 bamboo batch ears are sharp, and the wind enters the four hooves lightly.
Han Jieren's brother Yazheng. Xin Si Xia Yue, Zhao Shuru painted horses.
〈Wang〉Zhongshan Mountain.
9017 Zhang Xiong, Wang Li, Wu Kai, Wu Jun Flowers and Birds
Ink and color on silk, vertical scroll, four screens
Painted in 1849, 1850, 1853
111.5 x 26.4 centimeters each (4)
Estimate: HK$10,000-20,000
9018 Zhang Xiong Four Seasons Flowers and Birds
Ink and color on paper, vertical scroll, four screens, 1861
136.7 x 31.4 cm each (4)
Estimate: HK$8,000-16,000
9019 Zhu Menglu Four Seasons Flowers and Birds
Ink and color on paper, four screens, 1899
118.3 x 38.5 centimeters each (4)
Estimate: HK$6,000-12,000
9020 Yang Yisun Xingshu Qiyanlian
Ink on paper, vertical scroll
133.4 x 30.8 centimeters each (2)
Estimate: HK$6,000-12,000
9021 Yang Shoujing, Xingshu Bayan Couplet
Ink on paper, Vertical scroll, 1912
175.6 x 46.7 cm each (2)
Estimate: HK$10,000-20,000
9022 Zhang Zuyi Lishu Bayanlian
Ink on paper, vertical scroll
173.5 x 36.8 cm each(2)
Estimate: HK$8,000-16,000
9023 Sanduo Lishu Wuyanlian
Ink on paper, vertical scroll
125.5 x 30.8 cm each(2)
Estimate: HK$4,000-8,000
Liu Hankun's family treasures calligraphy and paintings
Liu Guojun (1887-1978) was born in Jingjiang, Jiangsu. In his early years, he was an apprentice in business, starting from scratch, and successively set up a cloth factory and a textile dyeing factory in Changzhou, which later merged into a modern enterprise, and introduced new technologies from overseas. Forty-nine years later, he successively served as a deputy to the National People's Congress, vice governor of Jiangsu Province, and vice chairman of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In his spare time, he was diligent in learning, paying equal attention to poetry and books, and was involved in the collection of calligraphy and painting, and in the 40s, he had frequent contacts with Qian Jingtang, Wu Hufan, Sun Boyuan, Wang Nanping, etc. in Shanghai, and from time to time he re-purchased the collection, and his "Jingxiu Hall" collected fine works of famous artists of the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, which was considerable. He actively promotes public welfare and education, donates funds to run schools, and some of his collections are donated to institutions such as Nanjing Museum and Changzhou Museum.
Liu Hankun undertook court training at a young age, studied under Qian Mingshan, and married the third daughter of Qian Yue, the uncle of the Qian family. Influenced by his father, he was good at calligraphy and painting, and during his stay in Chongqing, he had contacts with sages in the art world such as Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong, Fu Baoshi, Huang Junbi, etc. He has been in charge of the family business for many years, and has been committed to exploring the Hong Kong and overseas markets since the 40s, and was elected as the Vice President of the Hong Kong Textile Association. He has served as a director of New Asia College, an honorary president of the Kwong Wah Sports Association, a permanent member of the South China Sports Association, an executive director of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Townsmen Association, and the premier of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.
Some of the paintings and calligraphy collected by Liu Hankun over the years were collected by his family and were not shown, and some of the paintings and calligraphy were released for the first time at Sotheby's Hong Kong this spring. Today, the second part is launched with a total of twenty-three frames, which collects the handwriting of Kangxi to Tongguang famous ministers Yashi Ying, and the joy of learning is in the spare time. In addition, there are beautiful painters of the Republic of China painting flowers, which can also be enjoyed.
All proceeds from the auction will be used for charitable purposes, helping the elderly and children, and helping the poor.
9060 Tang Luming Four Seasons Leisure
Ink and color on paper, 4 frames
135.2 x 33.7 centimeters each (4)
Estimate: HK$14,000-20,000
9061 Chambers and Letters
Ink hand-painted plantain repair bamboo pattern vertical scroll
109.2 x 20.2 cm each(2)
Estimate: HK$15,000-30,000
款识︰ 超妙日求庄老义，宽和长挹晋唐人。
钱伯坰。
钤印︰「伯坰」、「资寸堂」、「兴来不暇懒」。藏印︰「尹村审定」（两钤于签条）。
9062 Like a Mountain, Xingshu Eight Words Couplet
Ink and plum pattern red paper vertical scroll
152 x 30.2 cm each(2)
Estimate: HK$10,000-20,000
款识︰ 刚日读经，柔日读史。无酒学佛，有酒学仙。敏斋世三兄大雅属书。冠九如山。
钤印︰「如山印」、「寿南」。
如山，字冠九，赫舍里氏，满镶蓝旗人。道光十八年（1838）进士，咸同年间官鄂浙，光绪年间先后任四川按察使及布政使。
9063 Qian Yan Xingshu Seven Words Couplet
Ink on paper vertical scroll
124.6 x 27 cm each (2)
Estimate: HK$10,000-20,000
款识︰ 论文难得同心友，披史还深抗古情。沣。
钤印︰「钱沣之印」、「南园」。
9064 Qi Yanhuai Xingshu Wuyan Couplet
Ink on paper, vertical scroll
129.7 x 31.7 cm each(2)
Estimate: HK$18,000-40,000
款识︰ 图书聚所好，竹柏得其真。齐彦槐。
钤印︰「彦槐私印」、「梅麓」。
齐彦槐（1774-1841），徽州婺源人，嘉庆十四年（1809）进士，擢苏州知府。精科学天文，尝制浑天仪、中星仪，着北极星纬度分表。诗名藉甚，擅书法，好鉴藏。
9065 Wang Su Xingshu Seven Words Couplet
Ink on paper, vertical scroll
88.7 x 19.8 cm each (2)
Estimate: HK$20,000-40,000
款识︰远水数竿横竹叶，夕阳疏影刊梅花。小某王素。
钤印︰「小某」、「王素」。
9066 Liang Tongshu Xingshu Seven Words Collection Du Julian
Hand-painted ink painting on gold double clear paper, vertical scroll, 1796
124.5 x 29.4 cm each(2)
Estimate: HK$30,000-60,000
款识︰ 好事干之为携酒，新诗改罢自长吟。集杜句为雪轩学长兄。丙辰初夏，山舟同书时年七十有四。
钤印︰「山舟」、「梁同书印」。
本幅上款见挖补痕迹。